New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-27
TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
c1JNpsrs OF WHAT OCCURRED T ar1S x UH
sTvDAy AFTERNOON. TIE IlilklEENlh



URo" ' LONDON. November "a
Yesterdays proceedings in trafalgar 'Pu'i
o.oro Of an interesting KIND. Inc mon
~ LONDON. for the first time '"'i!'
tried their strength against the an'horlIcs' "n"
GREAT manv persons went to sec inc contest, ~
was not long after 3 when | reached Ir'i"'e"'
SQUARE. l may as well begin by SAYING u''t 'niS
name is used III two senses. Inc square VoNoi''
Inv Sir Charles Warrcn's PROCLAMATION IS one
The streets and open spaces on all sides OF IL "Io
another. and are often included when the square
&c sno,cn Of. Thus il is equally true to say that
ON Sunday afternoon no person entered Iral"lE'
Square cNccrt as prisoner. and that u WIS ~
one time throngcd 10y multitude Which "'"'O
have been nearly two hundred thousand SUonE'
The first view was n striking one. Strong oo',''
of mountcd police were drawn up al inc IN -,
of the Square: others were moving a'o"'' "'i'
finding some difficulty in clearing ulelr way
,brouoh eyer thickenug crowds Inc Sou'" '
Of the square which is open ana on Ic,'' WIN
1be sidewalk, was held by line OF po''' ''"
doom elbows touching. On the othcr 'h'cc s''''
two ranks were thought sufficient ana III pl"'c'
. sincIc limo Of helmets was all You could see
The streets to the east and west rise r'Pi'A' ~
that ON the north tie level of the Square Is some
evolve ar fifteen feet below the street. ste lcad
do,yo into il and strong bodies Of police were at
,ho steps 10 the south great space stretches
o,voy down into Charing Cross and Whitehall. IN
nil seven tborourhfarcs converge upon the square
Pail Mall East. CociSpur-@t, NmWh"ih' N c
umbcrland-avc the Strand Duncahhoi'-S'" 90
Martins Lane. not counting the lesser oli'S' "
the central spot of London Tor tf'.lnc from '"I
four quarters OF the metropolis Inc -'""''"'
,.orc,v with its treasures is the north; great
hotels. clubs, banks, rich shops surround IL
roaring tide of vehicles and 1oot P"SSc"N'i'
streams rast it in all directions from early morn
+ill long after midnight.
Here il is that rasCadom has chosen us ren-
aczvous for weeks asst. The unemployed have
taken if for their headquarters, much to the
Injury. inconvenience. loss and danger ol 'nc e''-
plove1 Hey are mostly uncmp Dyed IN inc s'iSo
that they would refuse every honest employ mint
20 off rcd them They ore LARGELY idleIs ny pro
fession. ou-bs criminals. with, at thcir he"u
eritators 70 whom agitation Is u"le' o'"''' ~
whom il i "A means Of nOtOricty ana "l ehuN in'o
pnblic life in some form or other lh'H ""' -"
turbcd and distressed this whole quarter VI
London Alarm had spread. trace hau I"l'ch o''
she public peace had been broken again ana 'H'i"'
sbe pubiic saicty was threatened DAY ny u"''
Sir Charles Warren. Chief Commissioner Oh o'i'''
q .tronc man. lad forbidden these assemblies
fortnight ago MIR. Henry Matthews Home Nc'i'-
fairy. not trong man. ovcrruld SIR OH"rcS
'and ocain al owed them. Populations ana rcmoh-
strances hc,et him. The question was taken DC
fore the Cabinet, the opinion of the Law OihccrS
ut the Crown was invoked the legal right 70 stop
,ree,inos WAS discovered TO exist the Oap'hc'
overrulcd its erring colleague Mr. Henry Matthew's
and resolved in the general interest oil inc lu"H'
TO prohibit future gatherings.
IInon this the roughs ard radical clubs which
ore largely Socialist and Anarchist III 'hcH
con,position and aim took issue. They resolved
in defiance Of tie authorities 10 meet IN trafalgar
Souarc on sunday. 1t became Sir Chhrlcs war
ren's business 20 prevent them hence the singular
scene Of Yesterday. The innulncrable "lhuo"S
that lock on ii Square filled with spectators
The streets sidewa ks, steps Of ST Martins Chuici
the whole SPACE between the Square rSeil ana
the buildings on every side, was lhi'N WIN
Deople They were most dense toward "hi'cha'
and toward the Strand; not so dense, however
at this time TO prevent walking Ieil lily
hanson and went about on foot for half an hour
in among these passionate portsaIs OF the rlsh'
OF public meeting and Of free speech Certainly
their speech WAS free enough. Every policeman
WIN came within carshot was p-eeted with curses
'ibose rcfjucmcntS and deicaceS Of language IN
which the WOrscr sort Of cOcllney is fluent, were 10
lie heard on all sides. Cnhappily, they VIII not
lear transferring into print. Croans rose WHICH,
ever the mounted officers bore down on group.
At first things were comparatively quiet hnt IL
soon IcCame clear 10 the heads Of the force that
The crowd was one which il would not do to trlhc
with.
The tactics employed to prevent mischief were
simple and effective. Nowhere was any iormida-
bic group allowed 10 remain long undisturbcd.
Sidewalk committees were not much nodded With'
nor the audience which had turned the steps OF
St Martins Church into an amphitheare. ii an
effort were TO be made 10 break INTO the HIuarc
u woun pretty certainly come from the south
side square and pavement were there on
level and the space in front allowed great masses
TO collect. SO there ana east toward the Strand
and west toward Cocllspur-st the police were
busiest The work was done mainly by mounted
mon OF whom three hundred were on duty. Hall
n dozen or q dozen charged together, and nothing
stood long before them. The pace was not last /;
they came at half trot or half cantcr, yet thcre
was none too much time 10 get out OF the way
They did not want 10 ride down anybody, but TO
disintegrate every COM act body Of men, and that
uey did. 1t was a scramble; sometimes you saw men
down, but they were always up again lie raised
refugees in the centre Of the roadway seemed 10
offer safe footing to the interested Spectator lhcy
soon. however became ralying places for the
bolder spirits the improvsed leaders Of the mob
The police saw this and rode straight at them
Nor was there any good place 10 see on foot much
of what was going on except close at hand.
| looked at my ncghbOrs in these mcecs and /
can't say | liked them. There were decent
reoplc enough in the crowd. but they were in the
minority and powcrlcss. Most Of them disap-
pearcd after the first few charges, and sought
some less exposed point Of observation. The
sougb Of London was in the ascendant, with his
dirty white face and his dirty brown raiment,
and Lis general air Of being on i'll terms with
mankind. lie caught at the rcins OF the horses
and strnck at them with fists and sticks, and at
their riders. Nearly every collision that l saw
was between these gentry and the mounted police.
l. never saw "a policeman all day long mounted
or on foot strike the first blow. All that indls-